Walmart Just Made a Big Announcement, and It Means These People Now Have the Toughest Job at Walmart

Walmart Just Made a Big Announcement, and It Means These People Now Have the Toughest Job at Walmart

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Walmart's Big Announcement Means This Will Be the Hardest Job in the Store

All customers at Walmart and Sam's Club will have to wear masks. But who's going to enforce it?

By Bill Murphy Jr. , www.billmurphyjr.com@BillMurphyJr

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By now perhaps you've seen the news: Walmart says that beginning next Monday, every customer at Walmart and Sam's Club will be required to wear a mask, regardless of local laws.

While the move makes sense from a health standpoint, there's another issue: deciding whose difficult job it will be at Walmart (or your business, if you do something similar), to enforce the rule against anti-mask customers who simply refuse to comply. 

First, the background. The reason for the requirement at Walmart is straightforward, and it means Walmart is joining retailers like CostCo , Best Buy and Apple in requiring customers to wear masks . 

Just this week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control called for all Americans to wear masks voluntarily in public -- although the agency stopped short of asking for a national mandate.

But, with nearly 5,000 stores across the United States, Walmart is well aware that masks have become a political issue for some people, with anti-mask people resorting to violence at times.

Among the